TAPS-4

A Language Processing Skills Assessment

The TAPS-4 provides information about language processing and comprehension skills across three intersecting areas: phonological processing, auditory memory and listening comprehension. These areas underpin the development of effective listening and communication skills, and are critical to the development of higher order language skills, including literacy skills.

The TAPS-4 features new subtests along with revisions to subtests from the TAPS-3, fully updated norms, and an expanded age range. The TAPS-4 also features audio administration for the subtests in which proper pronunciation of speech sounds is critical, providing a greater degree of standardization and accuracy over the testing process.

Auditory Comprehension of Language: Assesses an individual’s ability to comprehend oral language at the sentence and narrative level, including literal recall, inference, and higher-order language tasks such as idioms and figurative language